In the presence of litigation facing suppliers, the supply-chain relationship is at risk. Suppliers with principal customers (dependent suppliers) have a higher concentration of sales to customers, and they are more at risk relative to suppliers without principal customers (non-dependent...

In shareholder litigation, judges and litigants choose from a menu of valuation methods that is evolving over time. What drives demand for new valuation methods? Does valuation method choice affect a judge's final appraisal? Is a judge more likely to favor the litigant whose valuation method...

We analyze the potential spillover effects from patent-infringement litigation initiated by non-practicing entities (NPEs). When a firm is sued by NPEs, its at-risk technology peers also experience significant market value losses around the litigation filing date, losses that are much greater...